Ezra 2:63

KJV1611 – Modern English

And the governor said to them that they should not eat of the most holy things until there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    The governor instructed them not to eat of the most holy things until a priest could consult the Urim and Thummim.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And the governor{H8660} said{H559} unto them, that they should not eat{H398} of the most{H6944} holy things,{H6944} till there stood up{H5975} a priest{H3548} with Urim{H224} and with Thummim.{H8550}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And the Tirshatha{H8660} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, that they should not eat{H398}{(H8799)} of the most{H6944} holy things{H6944}, till there stood up{H5975}{(H8800)} a priest{H3548} with Urim{H224} and with Thummim{H8550}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And Hathirsatha sayde vnto them, that they shulde not eate of the most holy, tyll there rose vp a prest with the lighte and perfectnesse.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And Tirshatha saide vnto them, that they should not eate of the most holy thing, tell there rose vp a Priest with Vrim and Thummim.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And Hathirsatha said vnto them that they should not eate of the most holy, till there rose vp a priest to weare Urim and Thummim.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    The governor said to them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, until there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and the Tirshatha saith to them, that they eat not of the most holy things till the standing up of a priest with Urim and with Thummim.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And the governor said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And the governor said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And the Tirshatha said that they were not to have the most holy things for their food, till a priest came to give decision by Urim and Thummim.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    The governor said to them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, until there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The governor instructed them not to eat any of the sacred food until there was a priest who could consult the Urim and Thummim.

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 28:30 : 30 And you shall put the Urim and the Thummim in the breastplate of judgment, and they shall be over Aaron’s heart when he goes in before the LORD. Thus Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel over his heart before the LORD continually.
  • Lev 2:3 : 3 And the remainder of the grain offering shall be for Aaron and his sons; it is most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire.
  • Lev 2:10 : 10 And what is left of the grain offering shall be for Aaron and his sons; it is most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire.
  • Num 27:21 : 21 And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask for him the judgment of Urim before the LORD: at his word they shall go out, and at his word they shall come in, he and all the children of Israel with him, the entire congregation.
  • Lev 22:10 : 10 No stranger shall eat of the holy thing: a temporary resident of the priest, or a hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.
  • Neh 8:9 : 9 And Nehemiah, who is the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people, said to all the people, This day is holy to the LORD your God; do not mourn or weep. For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law.
  • Neh 10:1 : 1 Now those who sealed were, Nehemiah the governor, the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah,
  • Lev 22:14-16 : 14 And if a man eats of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall add the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give it to the priest with the holy thing. 15 And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the LORD; 16 Or cause them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the LORD do sanctify them.
  • Num 18:9-9 : 9 This shall be yours of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every offering of theirs, every grain offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs, which they shall render to me, shall be most holy for you and for your sons. 10 In the most holy place you shall eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy to you. 11 And this is yours; the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them to you, and to your sons and to your daughters with you, by a statute forever: everyone who is clean in your house shall eat of it.
  • Num 18:19 : 19 All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer to the LORD, have I given you, and your sons and your daughters with you, by a statute forever: it is a covenant of salt forever before the LORD to you and to your seed with you.
  • Num 18:32 : 32 And you shall bear no sin by reason of it, when you have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall you pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest you die.
  • Deut 33:8 : 8 And of Levi he said, Let your Thummim and your Urim be with your holy one, whom you tried at Massah, and with whom you contended at the waters of Meribah;
  • 1 Sam 28:6 : 6 And when Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD did not answer him, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.
  • Neh 7:65 : 65 And the governor said to them that they should not eat of the most holy things till a priest stood up with Urim and Thummim.
  • Lev 6:17 : 17 It shall not be baked with leaven. I have given it to them for their portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as is the sin offering, and as the trespass offering.
  • Lev 6:29 : 29 All the males among the priests shall eat of it: it is most holy.
  • Lev 7:16 : 16 But if the sacrifice of his offering is a vow or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten the same day he offers his sacrifice: and on the next day, the remainder of it shall also be eaten:
  • Lev 8:8 : 8 And he put the breastplate on him, and he put in the breastplate the Urim and the Thummim.
  • Lev 10:17-18 : 17 'Why have you not eaten the sin offering in a holy place, since it is most holy, and God has given it to you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the Lord? 18 Indeed, its blood was not brought into the holy place; you should have certainly eaten it in the holy place, as I commanded.'
  • Lev 22:2-3 : 2 Speak unto Aaron and his sons, that they set themselves apart from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they do not profane my holy name in those things which they consecrate unto me: I am the LORD. 3 Say unto them, Whoever he be of all your descendants throughout your generations, that approaches the holy things, which the children of Israel dedicate unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from my presence: I am the LORD.

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    64 These sought their register among those who were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore they were, as polluted, expelled from the priesthood.

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    66 The whole congregation together was forty-two thousand three hundred sixty,

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    62 These sought their record among those who were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found; therefore, as polluted, they were put from the priesthood.

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    64 The whole congregation together was forty-two thousand three hundred sixty,

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    4 Before this, Eliashib the priest, who was in charge of the chambers of the house of our God, was allied with Tobiah;

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    24 Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,

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